Opinions/who carries a Security Six?

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Opinions/who carries a Security Six?

Happy New Year folks! Just signed up to the forum right before Christmas, and have been researching my first handgun for about a month.

I signed up myself and pop for our concealed course at the end of this month. (He has had his concealed permit before, but lapsed).

I have recently been weighing options, reading posts and reviews, and generally racking my brain over the very common Glock/Springfield/S&W/Ruger/Etc. pieces. They all seem to be very good units.

Recently Pop mentioned something along the lines of him buying a new gun, and giving/selling his Security Six .357 to me. It is probably an early 80's production model, blue, 4 inch....MAYBE 100 rounds fired.

So, who daily carries one? Why? Would it be a good first handgun for going to the range and shooting alot of rounds for practice?

Great gun for the range. Forerunner of the GP-100 series, not quite as beefy though. To be honest with you I still wouldn't mind having one. At one time it was the issue weapon of many police departments.

You won't regret taking your pop's security six. I owned one and carried it in the early 1980s. I parted with it as part of a trade deal for another gun. I wish I still had it. Less bulky than the GP100 and nice to carry and shoot.

Thanks for the responses guys. I am gonna take it out to shoot sometime next week, along with a springfield, glock, and a sig.

I still don't know if i will end up with it, but if it works well for me, I don't see how I could really go wrong, and to be honest, I don't mind carrying a larger gun...I shot a friends glock 30 and absolutely hated it. I just couldn't hold on to the thing.

I just don't think it'd be a first choice for CCW. Stopping power for days, sure......but not if you're not carrying it because it's bulky, heavy or uncomfortable beyond what you're willing to deal with.

My first handgun purchase was a Security Six about 25 years ago - I still have it. Thoughts/observations:

> Very well made, VERY accurate, heavy double action trigger, light/crisp single action.

> The stock grips were skinny wood and IMO inadequate when shooting full house 357 rounds. I replaced them with Pachmayr rubber "oversize" grips and all was well. If your dad's revolver still has stock grips I recommend you do the same - then the Security Six is much more like a GP100.

> I have never concealed carried it but have open carried on occasion. If you're OC then size isn't such a factor.

> I've carried it as a backup and as my primary weapon while hog hunting. If a 357 is legal for hunting in your state (as it is in mine) and if you hunt that's another factor to consider.

> It's a great revolver for developing skill in shooting a handgun. You can practice quite cheaply with 38 Special and carry self-protection 357 Magnum rounds. Also, if you have a small-stature Significant Other they may be more comfortable with 38's (like my wife is). She had never fired a handgun before we bought the Six, before long she was quite proficient - within a couple months she came within 4 points of qualifying Expert on the Navy course of fire.

> It's a great house gun. Mine has rested in a quickly accessible lock box in the bedroom ever since I bought it. I concealed-carry a semi-auto, but it goes into the downstairs safe every night while the Six is always ready to go out of the bedroom.

> Everyone who has shot it has been impressed. Just two days ago a buddy shot it for the first time. This guy has a safe full of Smith & Wesson revolvers, we first fired his 500 S&W ( ) then after he had fired several cylinders full of the Six he said, "Wow, I had no idea Rugers were that nice."

> IMO you just can't go wrong in acquiring it. You may move on to semi-auto's for concealed carry or IDPA or whatever, but you'll always have the Six around like I do.

I have one that's in stainless ,I bought it in 1983 it has 4 inch barrel and great revolver and I just like the way it shoots.I replaced the wood grips to a set of cheap rubber grips which makes this much more comfortable handling recoil of 357.You'll never war this revolver out as it built to last forever.

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